Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is a problematic material, in that it's cheap and lightweight but also non-biodegradable and difficult to recycle. German scientists have developed a possible ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Food and beverage establishments would have seven months to use up any expanded polystyrene foam products they have and provide customers to-go containers of a different material under ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — All expanded polystyrene products used for packaging food products, including foam carriers, could be banned from all Maryland food businesses if pending legislation is passed in ...

SEATTLE — A ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam, better known as Styrofoam, containers goes into effect in Washington state on June 1 and businesses will need to make the switch or potentially face ...

A coffee cup made from polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, lies on the side of a road, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Agriculture Commissioner Nikki ...

New York will enact two laws in 2022 that will make your take-out orders a little safer. You may know about the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam Food Container ban that goes into effect on January 1st.

Expanded polystyrene foodservice packaging just took another legal hit in New York City as a state appeals court upheld the city's right to ban such products. The move could clear the way for the city ...

In 2019, almost 7,000 tons of expanded polystyrene – commonly referred to by its acronym, EPS, or the trademarked name of one of its products, Styrofoam – went into the Franklin County Sanitary ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State lawmakers are looking to ban foam containers, which many people might use to keep things cool this Memorial Day weekend. This proposed law (A04943/S4414A) has ...

When you think of driving up or down an embankment, do you ever wonder how much foam you’re currently driving on? Probably not, because it hardly seems like a suitable building material. But as ...